Through the Lens: Jan. 9 — Jan. 15

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4:00 am PST, Sunday, January 16, 2005

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Quotes on the face of a manequin at the exhibit.
Dialogue is newest temporary public art installation by a group called scultura: it consists of eleven 7 X 9 foot free-standing screens covered with thousands of quotations from famous, and not so famous, people throughout history - from Martin Luther King Jr. to Madonna. Some of the 18 main themes addressed include: power, wisdom, politics, community and love. Each screen is also adorned with lifecast faces emerging from their surfaces (more then 150 total). three tables with blank books on them allow viewers to write their own "kernels of wisdom" for others to read. Mark Costantini / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT less

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Quotes on the face of a manequin at the exhibit.
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Quotes on the face of a manequin at the exhibit.
Dialogue is newest temporary public art installation by a group called scultura: it consists of eleven 7 X 9 foot free-standing screens covered with thousands of quotations from famous, and not so famous, people throughout history - from Martin Luther King Jr. to Madonna. Some of the 18 main themes addressed include: power, wisdom, politics, community and love. Each screen is also adorned with lifecast faces emerging from their surfaces (more then 150 total). three tables with blank books on them allow viewers to write their own "kernels of wisdom" for others to read. Mark Costantini / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT less

dialogue_079_mc.jpg
Quotes on the face of a manequin at the exhibit.
Dialogue is newest temporary public art installation by a group called scultura: it consists of eleven 7 X 9 foot free-standing screens ... more

Photo: Mark Costantini

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Through the Lens

The Bay Area in pictures for the week of Jan. 9 — Jan. 15

Famous and obscure quotes cover the face of Guy, one of the mannequins designed to stand upright and look like members of the public, at a temporary public art installation in San Francisco's Union Square on Wednesday. Chronicle photo by Mark Costantini

After four years of improvements and renovations, the Balboa Theater in San Francisco has been restored to its original glory. Chronicle photo by Christina Koci Hernandez

Dark clouds give way to flashes of sunshine over the Golden Gate on Tuesday as the Bay Area began to dry out from a series of drenching storms. Chronicle photo by Mark Costantini

Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs shows off the new Mac Mini, the small version of Apple's desktop computer, during his keynote address Tuesday at the annual Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn

Ben Lancaster, 10, of Sebastopol, left, gets help with a new iPod Shuffle from Apple employee Vanessa North at Macworld Expo on Wednesday. Chronicle photo by Chris Stewart

Musician Michael Masley uses horse-hair to pluck his cymbalom on the corner of Fourth and Howard streets outside the Moscone Center during Macworld Expo. Chronicle photo by Chris Hardy

Oakland cab driver Jamal Roble, left, and UC Berkeley senior Bashir Shill have raised more than $4,200 so far to help rebuild Somalia after seeing the devastation caused there by the Indian Ocean tsunami. Chronicle photo by Lance Iversen

Anti-Oracle buttons adorn the PeopleSoft sign at company headquarters in Pleasanton after layoffs were announced Friday. The layoffs were a result of Oracle's hostile takeover of the company. Chronicle photo by Jakub Mosur

Paul Vadopalas, docent for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD), examines some droppings, probably from a coyote, during a hike in a preserve west of Palo Alto. Chronicle photo by Brant Ward

Jon Jonsson catches a wave at Carmel Beach. The 22-year-old surfer and model from Carmel won the Bravo television reality show "Manhunt." Chronicle photo by John Storey

Oakland author and illustrator Dan San Souci holds a king snake at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek while he reads from his new children's book "The Dangerous Snake and Reptile Club." Chronicle photo by Kat Wade

Cal tight end Garrett Cross pens an autograph for patient Kelly James during a three-hour visit Sunday by college football players at Shriners Hospital for Children in Sacramento. Chronicle photo by Mark Costantini

A focused and determined Brooke Smith led the Stanford women's basketball team with 21 points in a game against Cal at Maples Pavilion on Thursday. Chronicle photo by Lacy Atkins

Snowboarders dash down the steep back side at Northstar-at-Tahoe on Wednesday. Recent storms have left about 14 feet of snow on the slopes. Chronicle photo by Penni Gladstone

In a flash of black and yellow, a Townsend's warbler feeds at Barbara Adamson's home in Corte Madera. Adamson is part of a continent-wide effort called Project FeederWatch to keep track of the birds at their feeders and report the findings to project headquarters at Cornell University in New York. Chronicle photo by John O'Hara